As this card follows the traditional symbolism and carriesabove all its obvious meanings, there is little to sayregarding it outside the few considerations collected in thefirst part, to which the reader is referred.

Tarot Greater Arcana Justice

Justice

As this card follows the traditional symbolism and carriesabove all its obvious meanings, there is little to sayregarding it outside the few considerations collected in thefirst part, to which the reader is referred.

It will be seen, however, that the figure is seated betweenpillars, like the High Priestess, and on this account itseems desirable to indicate that the moral principle whichdeals unto every man according to his works-while, ofcourse, it is in strict analogy with higher things-differsin its essence from the spiritual justice which is involvedin the idea of election.

The latter belongs to a mysterious order of Providence, invirtue of which it is possible for certain men to conceivethe idea of dedication to the highest things. The operationof this is like the breathing of the Spirit where it wills,and we have no canon of criticism or ground of explanationconcerning it. It is analogous to the possession of thefairy gifts and the high gifts and the gracious gifts of thepoet: we have them or have not, and their presence is asmuch a mystery as their absence.

The law of Justice is not, however, involved by eitheralternative. In conclusion, the pillars of Justice open intoone world and the pillars of the High Priestess intoanother.